BONUS ROUNDS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/29/2002. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Partial (6): BIASED
7 Across: Boxing prize (4): BELT
11 Across: Area next to an ambulatory (4): APSE
15 Across: Natural emollient (4): ALOE
19 Across: And others, to Ovid (6): ETALII
20 Across: "A loaf of bread ..." poet (4): OMAR
21 Across: Victim (4): GOAT
22 Across: Tip off (4): WARN
23 Across: Precious strings (6): STRADS
24 Across: Dentist's jazz band? (14): FINETOOTHCOMBO
27 Across: Many a cabbie (6): TOOTER
28 Across: Like tongues of fire (5): FLAMY
29 Across: Intrepid (8): FEARLESS
30 Across: Student of Seneca (4): NERO
31 Across: Alitalia destination (4): ROMA
33 Across: Test material (3): DNA
34 Across: Picked-up item (3): TAB
36 Across: Mason's makeover? (9): BRICKREDO
41 Across: Box (6): ENCASE
46 Across: Millstone (4): ONUS
48 Across: Doily shade (4): ECRU
49 Across: Turn on a pivot (4): SLUE
51 Across: ___ Holmes, "From Here to Eternity" wife (5): KAREN
52 Across: Pub competition (5): DARTS
54 Across: Two years in the House (4): TERM
56 Across: Longfellow's bell town (4): ATRI
58 Across: Transportation with rails (4): SLED
59 Across: Calls the shots (7): DIRECTS
61 Across: Doll-collecting gambler's two favorite things? (13): BARBIEANDKENO
65 Across: "Oops!" (5): SORRY
66 Across: Not sleeping (5): ASTIR
67 Across: County office (8): ASSESSOR
68 Across: Answer to the folk riddle "Big head, no hair" (4): APIN
70 Across: Confucian principle (3): TAO
71 Across: Overflow (4): TEEM
72 Across: Deposit (8): SEDIMENT
76 Across: Jackets and collars (5): ETONS
78 Across: Italian winemaker Carlo (5): ROSSI
82 Across: Top-secret turmoil? (13): CLASSIFIEDADO
84 Across: Secures (7): ATTAINS
86 Across: Offering (4): ALMS
87 Across: Jodie Foster film (4): NELL
88 Across: Take off (4): SOAR
90 Across: Key of Beethoven's "Eroica" (5): EFLAT
91 Across: "Peanuts" character (5): LINUS
93 Across: Win going away (4): ROMP
95 Across: Part of a 58-Across (4): SLAT
97 Across: See 44-Down (4): EVIL
98 Across: Bygone money (6): PESETA
100 Across: Embryonic instrument? (9): GERMCELLO
103 Across: Former name of Tokyo (3): EDO
104 Across: Early asylum (3): ARK
106 Across: It holds the line (4): REEL
107 Across: Way out there (4): AFAR
110 Across: Kind of partner (8): SPARRING
115 Across: Tiny amount (5): GRAIN
118 Across: Strauss opera (6): SALOME
121 Across: "I think, therefore I wrestle"? (14): COGITOERGOSUMO
123 Across: Bridal shop section (6): TIARAS
124 Across: Set down (4): ALIT
125 Across: Pig feed (4): SLOP
126 Across: Abridge, maybe (4): EDIT
127 Across: ___ J. Gaines, who wrote "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (6): ERNEST
128 Across: Auto pioneer Karl (4): BENZ
129 Across: Actress Petrova, femme fatale of silents (4): OLGA
130 Across: Sherpa sighting (4): YETI
131 Across: Mississippi River explorer (6): DESOTO

Down Answers

1 Down: Oscar word (4): BEST
2 Down: The Eagles' "Take ___ the Limit" (4): ITTO
3 Down: Biblical ass? (10): AARONBURRO
4 Down: Party offering (5): SLATE
5 Down: You get down from it (5): EIDER
6 Down: Strip (7): DISROBE
7 Down: Hit on Broadway (4): BOFF
8 Down: Literary Ludwig (4): EMIL
9 Down: Old Scottish county on the Clyde (6): LANARK
10 Down: Earthquake's onset (6): TREMOR
11 Down: Months ___ (3): AGO
12 Down: Magical sound effect (4): POOF
13 Down: Filled to the brim (5): SATED
14 Down: C2H6 (6): ETHANE
15 Down: Roll-call no-show (4): AWOL
16 Down: Fancy fabric (4): LAME
17 Down: "Fiery" things, to Shakespeare (4): ORBS
18 Down: Genesis son (4): ENOS
25 Down: "So Much in Love" singers, 1963, with "the" (5): TYMES
26 Down: Nut-case (5): CRANK
32 Down: First name in 1950's politics (5): ADLAI
34 Down: Mike who produced "Around the World in 80 Days" (4): TODD
35 Down: Diarist Nin (5): ANAIS
37 Down: Gate: Abbr. (4): RCTS
38 Down: Dander (3): IRE
39 Down: Reins in (5): CURBS
40 Down: Tops at the table (7): OUTEATS
42 Down: Port holders (5): CASKS
43 Down: Van Gogh locale (5): ARLES
44 Down: With 97-Across, a proverbial monkey's advice (5): SEENO
45 Down: Witch's place (5): ENDOR
47 Down: Suffix with dump (4): STER
50 Down: Take marks off (5): ERASE
53 Down: Beats it (6): SCRAMS
55 Down: Unkempt, in a way (6): MATTED
57 Down: Bit of newspaper advertising (6): INSERT
60 Down: Enter via keyboard (6): TYPEIN
62 Down: Ranch rope (5): RIATA
63 Down: Litters (6): BROODS
64 Down: Bust (6): DEMOTE
66 Down: Math table entry (7): ANTILOG
69 Down: Surmise (5): INFER
72 Down: Hustle tickets (5): SCALP
73 Down: Songwriter Greenwich (5): ELLIE
74 Down: Some cursing (5): DAMNS
75 Down: Campaign topic (5): ISSUE
77 Down: Rope's end, maybe (5): NOOSE
79 Down: Call at first (4): SAFE
80 Down: 25th anniversary cookie? (10): SILVEROREO
81 Down: Grant-___ (5): INAID
83 Down: Bull of ads (5): ELMER
84 Down: Asia's ___ Sea (4): ARAL
85 Down: Normandy battle site (4): STLO
89 Down: Pledge of Allegiance ender (3): ALL
92 Down: Dive in (5): START
94 Down: Ragú rival (5): PREGO
96 Down: Like newlyweds, often (7): TOASTED
99 Down: Vocal passage (6): ARIOSO
101 Down: Liverpool's river (6): MERSEY
102 Down: Rains in the movies (6): CLAUDE
105 Down: Mournful chime (5): KNELL
108 Down: Renaissance ___ (old-fashioned festival) (5): FAIRE
109 Down: English novelist Sillitoe and others (5): ALANS
110 Down: Healing sign (4): SCAB
111 Down: Spar, e.g. (4): POLE
112 Down: Votin' no (4): AGIN
113 Down: Nabisco brand (4): RITZ
114 Down: Drink on board (4): GROG
116 Down: Not orig. (4): IMIT
117 Down: Reply to the Little Red Hen (4): NOTI
119 Down: Ship timber (4): MAST
120 Down: This, in Taxco (4): ESTO
122 Down: 3.0, e.g. (3): GPA

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